Current Champion
Nikolas Polsinelli, career statistics:
44 correct, 6 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
35.96% in first on buzzer (41/114)
4/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $10,600)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,500
To win:
3 games: 64.111%
4: 41.102%
5: 26.351%
6: 16.894%
7: 10.831%
Avg. streak: 3.786 games.
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Upcoming Encore Presentations
September 26-27: S42 E174 (May 7, 2026)
October 3-4: S42 E175 (May 8, 2026)
October 10-11: S42 E176 (May 11, 2026)
(Source: Bell Fibe TV program guide)
All Time Winnings
All Time Jeopardy! Winnings, Regular Play Only:
1. Ken Jennings $2,520,700
2. James Holzhauer $2,462,216
3. Matt Amodio $1,518,601
4. Amy Schneider $1,382,800
5. Jamie Ding $882,605
6. Cris Pannullo $748,286
7. Mattea Roach $560,983
8. Jason Zuffranieri $532,496
9. Scott Riccardi $455,000
10. David Madden $430,400
11. Julia Collins $428,100
12. Matt Jackson $411,612
13. Austin Rogers $411,000
14. Ray Lalonde $386,400
15. Harrison Whitaker $373,999
16. Adriana Harmeyer $349,600
17. Caleb Groen $346,968
18. Adam Remsen $306,415
19. Ryan Long $299,400
20. Arthur Chu $297,200
All Time Jeopardy! Winnings, Including Tournaments (and Consolation Prizes):
1. Brad Rutter $4,968,436
2. Ken Jennings $4,372,700
3. James Holzhauer $3,614,216
4. Matt Amodio $1,964,601
5. Amy Schneider $1,864,800
6. Yogesh Raut $1,598,403
7. Victoria Groce $1,023,801
8. Mattea Roach $897,983
9. Jamie Ding $885,605
10. David Madden $785,733
11. Cris Pannullo $754,286
12. Roger Craig $706,200
13. Andrew He $684,365
14. Larissa Kelly $671,930
15. Matt Jackson $623,612
16. Jason Zuffranieri $549,496
17. Paolo Pasco $548,717
18. Scott Riccardi $533,000
19. Jerome Vered $499,102
20. Julia Collins $495,767
21. Austin Rogers $493,000
22. Juveria Zaheer $491,000
23. Ben Ingram $449,201
24. Adriana Harmeyer $446,600
25. Buzzy Cohen $441,603
Labor Day’s episode was pre-empted where I live by golf on NBC and tennis on CBS. What I can do, though, is update you on the Summer Hiatus Challenge happening on the Jeopardy! message boards. Week 6 begins today. You still have a chance to get in on the action. If you do, let me know here and you will be eligible to win a copy of Chuck Forrest’s Secrets of the Jeopardy! Champions.
Here are the scores of the former champs that I am following, through week 4:
mrbungle (Ryan Chaffee): 1242 with two perfect days
emurphy (Liz Murphy): 968 with one perfect day
aggiebud (Buddy Wright): 886 with one perfect day
ptucker (Patrick Tucker): also 886 with one perfect day!
Asphodel (Alison Stone Roberg): 805 with two perfect days
I have 770 with one perfect day.
Below is a sample set of questions, written by DadofTwins. Are these difficult for anyone else? I only got #s 2 and 9 right, and I didn’t guess on any of the others:
FRANCE IN THE NEW WORLD
2: “Alphabetical” code names for French agents Jean Conrad Hottinguer, Pierre Bellamy, and Lucien Hauteval, whose attempts to extract bribes nearly led to war with the United States in 1798.
4: Seventy years before the first permanent French settlement in Canada, he mapped and explored the St. Lawrence River.
6: The European Space Agency’s major spaceport is in Kourou in this South American department of France.
8: Napoleon III backed the installation of Maximilian I as emperor of this country in 1864.
10: In 1673, he and Jacques Marquette led an expedition that explored the Mississippi River from the Great Lakes to the mouth of the Arkansas.
JAPANESE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
3: When Yomiyuri won Japan’s league championship in 2002, this team with the same nickname won the National League pennant in the U. S.
6: This animal nickname is shared by the American League and Japanese Central League 2006 pennant winners.
9: In 2009, he became the first person to earn an MVP Award in both the Japan Series and the World Series.
12: This largest incorporated city in Japan, not Tokyo, is home to the Baystars, the only team in the NPL not named for its corporate owner.
15: The total number of teams in the two Japanese major leagues, or the maximum number of innings that can be played before a regular season game is declared a draw.
I hope your Labor Day was a happy one.
Answers: X Y and Z, JACQUES CARTIER, FRENCH GUIANA, MEXICO, JOLIET, GIANTS, TIGERS, HIDEKI MATSUI, YOKOHAMA, 12